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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Opinion: Hacktivists aren't terrorists – but US prosecutors make little distinctionActivists who use technology to conduct political dissent – hacktivists – are increasingly threatened with investigation, prosecution and often disproportionately severe criminal sentences.http://phys.org/news/2015-07-opinion-hacktivists-terrorists-prosecutors-distinction.html
Internet Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:14:06 EDTnews357376437NSA to stop using bulk US phone data in NovemberThe National Security Agency will cease its access to most bulk data collected under a controversial surveillance program in November, but retain records for litigation purposes, officials said Monday.http://phys.org/news/2015-07-nsa-bulk-november.html
Security Tue, 28 Jul 2015 03:59:12 EDTnews357274744WikiLeaks says NSA spied on French businessWikiLeaks has released documents that it says show that the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on France's top finance officials and high-stakes French export bids over a decade in what the group called targeted economic espionage.http://phys.org/news/2015-06-wikileaks-nsa-spied-french-business.html
Internet Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:21:26 EDTnews354817281Snowden revelations costly for US tech firms, study saysUS technology companies are getting hit harder than anticipated by revelations about surveillance programs led by the National Security Agency, a study showed Tuesday.http://phys.org/news/2015-06-snowden-revelations-costly-tech-firms.html
Internet Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:29:58 EDTnews353093391Analysis: NSA bill barely touches the agency's vast powersThe surveillance law enacted this week stands as the most significant curb on the government's investigative authorities since the 1970s. But it's practically inconsequential in the universe of the National Security Agency's vast digital spying operations, a technical overhaul of a marginal counterterrorism program that some NSA officials wanted to jettison anyway.http://phys.org/news/2015-06-analysis-nsa-bill-agency-vast.html
Security Wed, 03 Jun 2015 20:10:02 EDTnews352576445NSA phone collection bill clears Senate hurdleTwo days after letting a disputed post-9/11 surveillance program go dark, the Senate sped toward passage Tuesday of legislation to revive but also reshape it. GOP leaders mounted a last-ditch effort to soften some of the changes.http://phys.org/news/2015-06-nsa-bill-senate-hurdle.html
Security Tue, 02 Jun 2015 13:15:08 EDTnews352469622With law expired, Senate mulls changes to phone collectionThe Senate now will decide the fate of a House bill backed by the president that would end the National Security Agency's collection of American calling records while preserving other surveillance authorities.http://phys.org/news/2015-06-law-expired-senate-mulls.html
Security Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:00:02 EDTnews352446109Either way, no more NSA collection of US phone recordsHowever Congress resolves its impasse over government surveillance, this much is clear: The National Security Agency will ultimately be out of the business of collecting and storing Americans' calling records.http://phys.org/news/2015-06-nsa.html
Security Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:30:18 EDTnews352398609New privacy app takes a page from NSA technologyBefore the National Security Agency began complaining about being shut out of encrypted devices, it helped develop software for secure communications that could be adapted by the private sector.http://phys.org/news/2015-06-privacy-app-page-nsa-technology.html
Internet Mon, 01 Jun 2015 04:29:02 EDTnews352351733Surveillance powers to lapse without Senate action SundayA midnight deadline drew near for senators meeting in an extraordinary Sunday session to extend surveillance programs, but a lapse seemed unavoidable and intelligence officials worried about giving terrorists greater freedom to operate.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-surveillance-powers-lapse-senate-action.html
Security Sun, 31 May 2015 14:56:24 EDTnews352302975NSA winds down once-secret phone-records collection programThe National Security Agency has begun winding down its collection and storage of American phone records after the Senate failed to agree on a path forward to change or extend the once-secret program ahead of its expiration at the end of the month.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-nsa-once-secret-phone-records.html
Security Sun, 24 May 2015 07:10:01 EDTnews351667391Senate blocks House surveillance bill, two-month extensionThe Senate struggled unsuccessfully to prevent an interruption in critical government surveillance programs early Saturday, blocking a House-passed bill and several short-term extensions of the USA Patriot Act.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-senate-blocks-house-surveillance-bill.html
Security Sat, 23 May 2015 06:18:10 EDTnews351580675Senate expected to act on NSA collection of phone records (Update)The fate of the bulk collection of American phone records by the National Security Agency is now before the Senate, in what is increasingly looking like a game of legislative chicken.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-house-senate-domestic-surveillance.html
Security Thu, 21 May 2015 17:41:09 EDTnews351448863NSA planned hack of Google app storeThe US National Security Agency developed plans to hack into data links to app stores operated by Google and Samsung to plant spyware on smartphones, a media report said Thursday.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-nsa-hack-google-app.html
Security Thu, 21 May 2015 13:18:37 EDTnews351433105For US allies, paradigm shift in intelligence collectionFearful of an expanding extremist threat, countries that for years have relied heavily on U.S. intelligence are quickly building up their own capabilities with new technology, new laws and—in at least one case—a searing debate on how much the American government should be allowed to spy on their own citizens.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-allies-paradigm-shift-intelligence.html
Internet Wed, 20 May 2015 10:50:02 EDTnews351336932Senate under pressure after House votes to end NSA programAfter the House's lopsided bipartisan vote to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records, the Senate is under considerable pressure to pass a similar measure. If it doesn't, lawmakers risk letting the authority to collect the records expire June 1, along with other important counterterrorism provisions.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-senate-pressure-house-votes-nsa.html
Security Thu, 14 May 2015 04:52:00 EDTnews350797911US House passes bill ending NSA bulk data collectionThe US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to end the NSA's dragnet collection of telephone data from millions of Americans, a controversial program revealed in 2013 by former security contractor Edward Snowden.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-house-bill-nsa-bulk.html
Security Wed, 13 May 2015 20:00:26 EDTnews350766012Five things to know about the NSA court rulingA federal appeals court has declared illegal the National Security Agency program that collects data on the landline calling records of nearly every American. The ruling Thursday, the first of its kind by an appeals court, comes as Congress considers whether to continue, end or overhaul the program before June 1, when the legal provisions authorizing it expire.http://phys.org/news/2015-05-nsa-court.html
Security Fri, 08 May 2015 05:26:02 EDTnews350281554Senate leaders propose extending NSA phone records storageWeeks before a key surveillance law expires, Senate Republicans have introduced a bill that would allow the National Security Agency to continue collecting the calling records of nearly every American.http://phys.org/news/2015-04-senate-leaders-nsa-storage.html
Telecom Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:16:42 EDTnews348916593Privacy advocates seek more openness on NSA surveillanceAs Congress considers whether to extend the life of a program that sweeps up American phone records, privacy advocates and civil liberties groups say too much about government surveillance remains secret for the public to fully evaluate its reach or effectiveness.http://phys.org/news/2015-04-privacy-advocates-nsa-surveillance.html
Security Wed, 22 Apr 2015 03:30:01 EDTnews348891389US lawsuit challenges legality of NSA online snoopingA lawsuit filed Tuesday by the operator of Wikipedia and other organizations challenges the US government's mass online surveillance programs, claiming that tapping into the Internet "backbone" is illegal.http://phys.org/news/2015-03-lawsuit-legality-nsa-online-snooping.html
Internet Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:20:01 EDTnews345207732Newly found online security flaw stems from 1990sA newly discovered Internet security flaw could leave many websites vulnerable to hackers because of weak US encryption standards in the 1990s, researchers said Tuesday.http://phys.org/news/2015-03-newly-online-flaw-stems-1990s.html
Security Wed, 04 Mar 2015 02:41:58 EDTnews344659311SIM maker Gemalto confirms possible spy attacksEuropean SIM maker Gemalto said Wednesday it had suffered hacking attacks that may have been conducted by US and British intelligence agencies but denied any "massive theft" of encryption keys that could be used to spy on conversations.http://phys.org/news/2015-02-sim-maker-gemalto-spy.html
Telecom Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:00:07 EDTnews344081699NSA chief seeks compromise on encrypted phone snoopingThe National Security Agency chief pressed on Monday for a compromise which allows intelligence services to snoop on encrypted devices to combat terrorism, within a "legal framework" to protect user rights.http://phys.org/news/2015-02-nsa-chief-compromise-encrypted-snooping.html
Internet Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:00:03 EDTnews343925051Stolen SIM card keys could be powerful spy tool (Update) It would be another powerful tool in the arsenal of US and British spy services: encryption keys for a large share of the SIM cards used for mobile phones.http://phys.org/news/2015-02-stolen-sim-card-keys-powerful.html
Security Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:39:57 EDTnews343661976Malware infecting hard disk firmware remained hidden for 15 years – but who's responsible?It sometimes seems that whenever security researchers discover some new exploit or malware that allows the monitoring of remote computers, the finger is quickly pointed at the US intelligence agencies.http://phys.org/news/2015-02-malware-infecting-hard-disk-firmware.html
Security Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:00:01 EDTnews343638033Snowden leak: NSA helped British steal cell phone codes (Update)Britain's electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to the documents given to journalists by Edward Snowden.http://phys.org/news/2015-02-snowden-leak-nsa-british-cell.html
Security Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:26:13 EDTnews343589167Powerful cyber spy tool linked to US-led effortA powerful cyberspying tool can tap into millions of computers worldwide through secretly installed malware, security researchers say, with many signs pointing to a US-led effort.http://phys.org/news/2015-02-powerful-cyber-spy-tool-linked.html
Security Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:28:51 EDTnews343416523Cyber-attacks rising in Utah, likely due to NSA facility (Update)(AP)—Utah state officials have seen what they describe as a sharp uptick in attempts to hack into state computers in the last two years, and they think it related to the NSA data center south of Salt Lake City.http://phys.org/news/2015-02-cyber-attacks-utah-due-nsa-facility.html
Internet Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:49:39 EDTnews342463770Tribunal says UK spies' Internet surveillance was unlawful(AP)—U.K. spies acted illegally when they scooped up data about Britons' electronic communications gathered by the U.S. National Security Agency, a court ruled Friday in a landmark judgment against Britain's security services.http://phys.org/news/2015-02-tribunal-uk-spies-internet-surveillance.html
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